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THE 


IMMACULATE  CONCEPTION 


OF  THE 


VIRGIN    MARY. 


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By  Rev.  CHARLES  CHINIQUY. 


CHICAGO:  \/!^W0"  -— :< 

John  C.  W.  Bailey,  Printer,  164  South  Ciaek  St. 

Ml^      1867.  •■■■^       '-•■-.'/ 


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Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  by  0.   CiiiiiiQnT,   In  the  Clerk's 
Office  of-  the  District  Court  for  the  Northern  Dlst.  of  Illinois. 


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lill':  IMMA(  ILATi:  C'OXCKVTION  . 

or  Ty|i:  **  ',"'p 

VIRaiN    MARY. 


/ 


Tlie  Sth  Dfconiber,  18.V1,  tlif  present  Pope  Vina  IX  wns 
silting;  on  ]w  throne;;  a  triply  c'l'own  of  }<o!d  anil  diiinioiid-i 
niiBon  his  lioail ;  silk  and  dainnsk — red  and  white — vestnioiitrt 
were  on  his  shoulders ;  five  liundrcd  mitred  prelates  were 
surronndini?  hini  ;  and  more  thi\i'  lifty  thousand  people  were 
at  his  feet,  in  the  incomparable  St.  Peter's  Church  ol'  Rome. 

Alter  a  few  minutes  of  most  solemn  nilenee,  a  Cardinal, 
dressed  with  his  purpled  rol)C.  left  his  seat,  and  i^ravtly  walked 
towards  the  Pope,  kneeleil  before  him,  and  humbly  prostratinf;; 
himself  at  his  feet,  said:  "Holy  Katlicr:  tell  us  if  we  can 
believe  and  teach  tluit  the  Mother  of  God,  the  Holy  Virp;in 
.Mary,  was  immaeidate  in  her  coneejition  V" 

Tlie  Supreme  Pontilf  answered :  "I  do  not  know;  let  us 
a  -k  the  li^'lit  of  the  Holy  (ihost." 

The  Cardinal  withdrew  ;  the  Pope  and  the  numberless  nnilti- 
tnde  fell  on  Lheir  knees  ;  and  the  harnionioua  choir  sang  the 
"  Veni  Creatin-  Spirit  us." 

The  last  note  of  the  sacred  hymn  had  rolled  under  the 
vaults  of  the  Temple,  when  tlie  same  Cardinal  left  hi.s  place, 
and  a;.;ain  advanced  towards  the  throne  of  the  Pontiff,  pros- 
trated himself  at  hi.-i  fe(>l,  and  said  ;  "  Holy  Father,  tell  us  if 
ihe  Hcdy  Mother  of  (iod,  the  blessed  '\'jr;iin  Mary,  was 
iunnnenlati;  in  her  ccmceptiou  ." 

The  Pope  a^ain  answered:  "  1  do  not  know  ;  let  us  ask  the 
lij;ht  of  the  Holy  Chost." 

And,  af.'aiu,  the  "  Venl  Creator  Siiiritus"  was  sung. 
The  most  solemn  silence  had,  a  second  time,  succeeded  to 
the  melodious  sa^icd  sonp:,  when  ajrain  the  eyes  of  the  raulti- 
tuile  were  fo!lowin;;  the  ^ravo  steps  of  the  p\irplerobed 
Cardimil,  ru'ivauciu;;,  for  the  third  time,  to  the  tlirone  of  the 
successor  of  St.  Peter,  to  ask  again:  "Holy  Father,  toll  ns 
if  wo  can  believe  that  the  blessed  Virgin  ilary,  the  Mother  of 
(!od,  was  innnaculate  V 

The  Pope,  as  if  he  had  just  received  a  direct  communication 
rom  God,  answered   with    :i   snlemn   voice:     "Ye-;!   we  must 


believe  that  the  lileascd  Virgin  Mn.y,  lliu  Mollier  ut  QoJ, 
was  immncnlato  in  her  conception.  «  •*  «  Tiicru  ii  no 
snlviition  to  tlioso  wlio  do  not  bclicvo  tlii;<  do^nin  1" 

And,  witli  a  loud  voice,  llio  I'op(!  intoned  tin;  Tc  Deiiin  ; 
tlie  bells  of  the  tlirco  hundred  churulieti  of  Home  rang;  tlu- 
cannons  of  the  citad  1  wore  tired;  tlio  last  act  of  tlie  must 
ridiculous  and  Racrilegious  conicdv  the  world  lias  ever  seen, 
was  over  ;  the  doors  of  heavcMi  were,  for  ever,  a'.nt  against 
those  who  would  refuse  to  believe  the  anti  scriptural  dtictrine 
that  there  is  a  daughter  of  Eve  who  has  not  intierited  the 
ijinful  nature  of  Adam,  to  whom  tlio  Lord  saiil  in  his  wrath: 
"  Dust  thou  art,  and  unto  dust  shalt  tliou  r.turn  I"  and  of  the 
children  of  whom  the  Cod  of  Truth  has  sail  :  "  There  is  none 
lighteous  ;  no,  not  one  ;   tlie)  have  all  sinned  !" 

Wo  look  in  vain  to  the  hrst  centuries  of  the  Church  to  find 
any  traces  of  that  human  aberration.  The  first  dark  clouds 
wliieh  Satan  has  brought  to  mar  tiie  gospel  truth,  on  that 
subject,  appeared  only  between  the  eighth  and  ninth  centuries' 
Hut,  in  the  beginning,  that  error  made  very  slow  progress; 
those  v(-ho  propagated  it,  at  fii'st,  were  a  few  ignorant  fanatics, 
whoso  names  arc  lost  in  the  night  (.)(  the  dark  ages.  It  is 
only  in  the  twelfth  century  that  it  began  to  be  opeiily  preaelied 
by  Boiiie  brainless  monks.  Hut,  then,  it  was  opposed  by  the 
niost  learned  men  of  the  time.  We  have  a  very  remarkable 
letter  (d'  St.  Bernard  to  refute  some  monks  of  Lyons  who 
were  preaehing  this  new  doctrine. 

A  little  later,  I'eter  Lombard  adopted  the  views  of  the 
monks  of  Lyon,  and  wrote  a  book  to  suppoi't  that  opinion  ; 
but  ho  was  refuted  by  St.  Thomas  Aniuinas,  who  is  justly 
considered,  by  the  Church  of  Home,  as  (he  best  theologian  ol 
that  lime. 

After  that,  the  celebrated  order  of  the  Franciscans  used  all 
their  iiiiluence  to  persuade  the  world  that  '  Mary  was  immac- 
ulate in  her  conception  ;"  but  they  were  vigorously  opposeil 
and  refuted  by  the  not  less  celebrated  order  of  the  Dondnicans. 
These  two  learned  and  powerful  bodies,  during  more  than  a 
century,  attacked  each  other  without  mercy  on  that  subject, 
and  filled  the  world  with  the  noise  of  their  angry  disputes, 
both  parties  calling  their  iulvcrs.iries  heretics.  They  suc- 
ceeded in  driving  tlie  Roman  Catholics  of  Kuropc  into  two 
camps  of  fierce  enemies.  The  "Immaculalo  Conception'' 
became  the  subject  of  burning  discussion,  not  only  between 
the  learned  universities,  between  the  bishops  and  the  priests 
and  the  nuns  of  those  days ;  but  it   divided   the  families  into 


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•V,  tlm  Motliei'  ot  Oo(J, 
*     *     *     Tlioro    ii  no 

iitoned  tlio  To  Di'iiin  ; 
ics  of  Koiiio  rang  ;  llii- 
lio  lasl  act  of  tliu  must 
ic  worlil  hns  evtr  sei'ii, 
,  for  ever,  s'.iit  iigainsl 
uiiti  sniptiuiU  (hictriiic 
I)  li.is  not  iiitieiiloil  llii' 
lOrd  Mikl  in  his  wrath  : 
loii  r.turii  !"  hiul  of  tlic 
<  sail  :  "  There  is  none 
simied  !" 

^s  of  tlie  Church  to  fiiiil 
The  first  dark  elomls 
c  gospel  truth,  on  that 
lith  and  ninth  tentnries' 
do  vert  shiw  progress; 
a  few  ignoranl  fanatics, 
(d'  tlie  dark  ages.  It  is 
in  to  he  ope[iIy  i)reaelied 
I  it  was  opposed  by  tlie 
have  a  very  reinarkabh' 
„•   monks   of  Lyons  wlio 

ipted  the  views  of  the 
1  support  that  opinion  ; 
Ai(|Uinas,  who  is  justly 
s  the  best    tl;eologiaii  of 

tlie  Franeiseans  used  all 
that  '  Mary  was  inimac- 
?ero  vigorously  opposeil 
)rderof  the  Dominieans. 
lies,  during  more  than  a 
,  nierov  on  that  siibjeet, 
of  their  angry  disputes, 
s  heretics.  They  sue- 
ic3  of  Kiiropc  into  two 
imaeulalo  Conception  " 
;slon,  not  only  between 
bishops  and  the  priests 
ividod   the  families  into 


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flwo  liorccly  contending  ))arties.  It  was  diHcuss>!(],  attacked 
and  defended,  not  only  in  the  chairs  of  the  universities,  in  the 
pulpits  of  the  eathcdriils,  but  also  in  the  fields,  in  the  very 
streets  of  the  cities.  And  when  the  two  parties  had  c'lliaustnd 
t!ic  reasons  :vhich  th"ir  ingenuity,  thoir  loarning,  or  their 
ignorant  fanaticism  could  suL'gcst  to  prove  or  deny  the  "  Irn- 
maculate  Conception,"  they  often  had  roootirso  to  the  stick 
.md  to  the  l)loody  sword  to  sustain  their  arguments. 

It  will  afipear  almost  incredible  to-(l:iy,  but  it  is  a  lact,  the 
greatest  part  of  the  large  cities  of  Kuropo.  particularly  in 
Spain,  were  then  reddened  with  the  blood  of  the  supporters 
ami  opponents  of  that  doctiine.  In  order  to  put  an  end  to 
the.iio  contests  which  were  trouldiii';  the  peaceof  their  subjects 
the  Kind's  of  Kuropp  sent  deputation  n'''er  deputation  to  the 
Topes  to  know  IVoni  their  infallible  ;  ithority  what  to  beliive 
on  the  subject. 

Philip  III  and  I'hilip  IV  made  \Ui,i.t  we  may  call  supreme 
etVorls  to  force  the  Popes  Paul  V,  (iiegory  XV,  and  Alexander 
Vn,  to  stop  the  shedding  of  blood  and  disarm  the  combatants 
bv  raising  the  opinion  in  I'.ivur  of  tiie  Immaculate  Conception 
to  the  dignity  of  a  Catholic  dogma.  But  they  failed.  The 
only  answer  they  could  get  from  the  infallible  head  of  the 
church  of  Rome Vas,  that  "that  dogma  was  not  revealed  in 
the  Holv  Scripturcd,  had  nsver  been  taught  by  the  Apostles, 
nor  by  the  F.ithei.»,  and  had  never  been  believed  or  preached 
by  the  Ctiurch  of  Homo  as  an  article  of  faith!"  The 
oiily  thing  the  Pojics  could  do  to  please  the  supplicant  kingH 
ami  bishops  and  nations  of  Europe  in  those  days,  was  lo  forbid 
both  parties  to  call  tlie  other  heretics:  and  to  for/Ad  to  eay 
that  it  was  an  article  ol'  faith  which  ought  ,to  be  believed  to 
be  saved. 

At  the  Council  of  Trent,  the  Pranciicans  and  all  the  parti- 
sans of  the  "  Immaculate  Conception,"  gathered  their  strength 
to  have  a  decree  in  fav<ir  of  the  new  dogma  ;  but  tlic  majority 
of  the  bishops  were  visibly  against  that  sacrilegious  innova- 
tion, and  they  failed. 

It  was  reserved  lo  the  inifurtunatc  Pius  IX,  to  drag  the 
Church  of  Home  to  that  hist  limit  of  human  folly.  In  the 
last  century,  a  monk,  called  Father  Li-oiiard,  had  a  dteam,  in' 
which  he  heard  the  Virgi:i  Mary  telling  him  :  "That  there 
would  be  an  end  to  the  wa.'S  in  the  world,  and  to  the  heresies 
and  schi.-ms  in  the  church,  only  alter  a  Pope  would  have 
obliged,  by  a  decree,  all  the  faithful  to  believe  that  she  was 
"immaculate   ii    her  conception."      Tiiat   dream,    under   the 


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lliiliu'  ol  "ft  rclfnlilil  vision,"  liiiil  Ik'CII  cMcli.-ivri  y  I'il  t-uliitnl 
liy  iiie;"ns  nl'  liltlo  ir;uts.  Muiiv  bolicvod  it  was  a  j.'fiHiiiii' 
icvplation  tVotii  lioiivcii  ;  niul,  iiiiCiii-limiitcly,  tlic  ^oml  nnliii-cil 
lint  wi'i\l<iiiiti(l(>il  I'iiH  IX  «aM  iiiiinii|j;  lUoit'  who  liflicvod  it. 
Wlioii  he  WHS  an  cNiln  in  (incin,  !ii'  Imd  liiniscif  ii  dri'iiin, 
which  lie  toolj  lor  ii  vision,  on  the  stanic  suhji'ri,.  )[r'  saw  tlic 
Virfiin,  wlio  told  him  Hint  he  would  coriic  liack  to  Uonic,  uinl 
■^01  an  eternal  pcaii'  tor  th<'  cln'.rch,  only  alter  he  would  have 
promised  to  deelaro  llml  the  "  Innnai  niali'  Conception  "  w  as 
a  dopnia,  which  every  one  had  to  In  licve  to  be  ^aved.  He 
awoke  from  his  dream  much  impressed  hy  it  ;  and  the  lirst 
thing  he  did  when  n|>,  was  to  nnke  a  vow  to  promnl;;..tn  thi' 
new  dognui  as  soon  as  lie  would  he  lunk  to  Rome,  and  the 
HOrld  has  seen  how  he  has  rullilled  that  vow. 

Hut,  by  the  prnnuilgation  of  this  new  douiiia,  Tins  IX,  I'ar 
Iron-  ..iecuiing  an  eternal  pence  lo  hi*  (dinreh,  I'ai  from  destrov- 
ing  what  he  is  pleased  to  call  the  heresies  wliich  are  attaekin.' 
Rome  on  every  side,  has  done  more  to  ediake  Hie  faith  of  ilie 
Koman  (.'atliolies  than  nil  their  enemies. 

liy  tr\  iii^  to  foic(^  this  nen  article  of  faith  on  tlie  consciences 
"f  his  people,  in  a  time  tliul  so  many  can  judge  tor  them.=elve,s, 
snd  rend  t  .«,  records  of  past  (generation.';,  he  has  taken  away 
and  pulled  down  the  ttronsresi  column  which  was  supporting 
tlio  whole  fabric  of  his  church;  he  has  forever  destroyed  the 
best  arguments  which  the  prie-fs  had  lo  od'er  to  the  ignorant, 
fleludcd  mullilndes  wliich  tlicv  keep  so  abjectlv  lied  to  their 
Icet. 

No  Wild  call  siillicicutly  ti  11  the  dignilied  and  supicme  con- 
tempt with  which,  bidbi'e  that  epoch,  the  priests  of  Rome 
were  speaking  of  tlie  ''new  articles  id'  faith,  the  novidties  of 
llie  ai'clidieretics  Luther,  Calvin,  Knox,  &e.,  &c  !"  How  elo- 
quent were  tlu^  priests  of  Rome,  before  the  Stli  of  December, 
1S.")4,  wlii'ii  saving  to  their  poor  ignorant  dupes,  "  In  oui'  li(dy 
Church  of  Rome  there  i8  no  change,  no  innovations,  no  novel- 
ties, no  new  dogmas.  We  believe  today  iust  wlint  om' fatlicrs 
believed,  and  what  they  have  taught  us;  .ve  belong  to  the 
apostolical  church,  which  means  that  we  b(dievo  only  what 
•Apostles  have  believed  and  preached."  And  the  ignorant 
multitudes  were  saying,  amen  ! 

lint,  alas,  for  the  poor  priests  of  Rome  to-day  ;  those  dig- 
nilied nonsenses,  tlmse  precious  and  dear  illusions,  arc 
impossible  I  They  have  to  confess  that  those  liii;h-sounding 
denunciations  against  what  they  call  the  new  doctrines  of  the 
heretics,  were  nothing  but  big  guns  loaded  to  the   mouth  to 


cMi'li.-ivri y  cildiliitcil 
I'pil  il,  was  a  ji'^iiiiiiic 
iitcly,  tlic  ^0(1(1  ii,'iIiii-(mI 
th(i-»i'   who  lidicvrd  it. 

Imd   liiiiiscif  II   (Ifciiiii, 

■    Slllljci'l,,        l[i'   SllW    tnc 

riic  liiiik  Id  KiiiiiP,  mill 
y  iilliT  ]\(:  woiiM  Kiivi- 
ilali'    ('oiici'plinii "  WHS 

ii'VP     to  Ijl'     --llVtMl.        Ifl' 

il  liy  it  ;  iiml  lliP  lii.~l 
iiw  to  proitiiiI;;..tn  thr 
lack  to  Rome,  ini'l  tlir 
t  vow. 

w  (liiuiii:!,  Tins  IX,  I'ar 
iiiicli,  I'm  fioiii  (lestrov- 
(>s  wliii'li  iiro  iittucki  !_' 
tiliakr    tlic  t'ailli  of  the 

aitli  oil  tlip  f(in>cir'ni('S 
1  juilgc  1(11'  thi'ni.oelvi',-', 
i.«,  lis  has  taken  awny 
which  was  siippcirliiig 
for('\ei'  (lostroyod  tho 
)  (id'or  to  th(>  irriioiBiit, 
)    alijoctly  lii'il  to  thrir 

ilii'il  and  >u[iruiii('  I'ou. 
I,  tlic  prii'sts  (if  Kiinic 

failll,  thi'  iioveltii'S  of 
K,  &c.,  &('  !"     How  (do- 

tlie  Sth  of  DecoHibLM', 
it  diipo.'*,  "  In  our  ludy 

iiHiuvatioiis,  no  novcd- 
ly  iu-t  what  oiu'  fat'iicis 
us ;    .vc   beloiiL?    to   thii 

we  bidit'vo  only  what 
."     And   the    ignorant 

HI.'  I'j-ihiy  ;  tho.50  dii.;- 
il  doai-  illusions,  arc 
it  those  hiiih-soiindin,!:; 
le  nrw  doctrines  of  the 
jadod  to  the   mouth  to 


dtsli'oy  the  l'idicslaiil-i,wiruli  are  now  di."hai';;lun  theii'  dfadly 
missiles  npainst  the  ennnldin^  walls  of  their  ehureh  of  Rome. 
They  have  to  eonfess  that  tlwir  pieteiiiions  to  an  uii('hanf;ealilis 
creed  i"  all  mere  humhu'.'.  sliamuful  lies;  they  have  to  oonless 
llinl  the  ehurrh  of  Itoine  is  "  ko:i,im:  m,w  ooouas,  nkw  aivw 
(i.ts  ok  K.\rrii  ;"  ihev  do  not  ii:i\  lon;.;er  d.ire  to  lay  tc)  the 
iliscipli's  of  the  (iospel,  "  WloTi'  wa'J  \our  ridi.iiotl  lieforc  the 
diivs  of  Luther  iiud  Cihiir.'"  I.h-  the  -ern.|,  voire  of  their 
coiiseience  'i'l  vs  t'ldax  lo  IIim  Umihhi  (';\lh  die-,  "  Where  wa-' 
vonr  ridiv.ioii  licdoic  ihr  sili  I).,  .-iiliri ,  1  -i:!  I  •"  ,nid  Ihi'y  laiinoi 
answer. 

There  is  au  inMNOiahle  and  ii  i  .■-i•^lil)le  \r^\r  in  the  mind* 
even  of  the  most  unli'urned  men,  wliieh  d.lies,  lo  day,  all  the 
sophisms  of  the  pi-ie-ts  of  lionie  if  the-  dare  to  spsak  HKaiu 
on  tludr  pi't  siilijeeti,  "tho  uovelti<:«  and  new  dogmas  of  the 
I'rotestants."  There  is  a  silent,  hut  i'iu-.hiiifi  voice,  f,'oin>,', 
lo-dav,  from  the  eiowds  to  the  priest,  lelliiifr  him  :  "  Now,  he 
fiuiet  and  >ilent  on  what  you  are  used  to  call  the  novidtiesand 
new  doctrines  of  the  I'rotestants!  for,  are  you  not  prcaehinj; 
to  us  rui  awful  novelty  V  Are  you  not  damnin;,'  us  to-day  foi' 
disbelieving  a  thing  which  the  churcli,  durin|l  eighteen  hun- 
ilred  vcais  has.  a  bundled  tinu-^,  --olcmiily  declarfld,  by  the 
niontli  of  the  Popes,  had  "  n"ver  been  revealed  in  the  IIolv 
Scriptures,  had  never  bei'ii  lau;;ht  b\  the  l.uh'M «,  had  nevei 
lieeu  heard  of  by  the  chii'.cli  liersell  '.•" 

1  will  never  forget  the  sidiiess  which  cueicame  mo  when  I 
received  the  ordi'r  fiom  the  I'ope  to  proclaim  that  new  do;j;ma 
to  my  iiooplc,  (then  all  Ifomau  (Jatliolies.)  It  was  as  if  an 
carliiquake  had  sliakeii  iiiid  dcstiiiyed  the  ground  on  whicli 
my  feet  were  re>tiiiu'.  My  n.i.-t  cli"ii>hi'd  illusions  about  the 
iiiimutaliilil  V  iiiid  the  int'allibilily  .d'  my  <diurch  were  crumb- 
ling doivn,  in  my  intelligence,  in  spite,  of  my  tdVorts  to  keep 
tliem  up.  I  liavc  sci'n  cdd  priests,  to  whom  1  opened  my  mind 
on  that  subject,  sheil  tears  of  sorrow  on  the  injury  this  new 
d'lguni  would  do  to  liieir  i  hiircli. 

Tlio  Archbishop  of  I'.iris,  at  the  licail  of  tlie  most  Icariii'd 
members  of  the  clergy  of  France,  had  sent  hi"  protest  to  the 
Tope  against  tliis  dogma  ludbre  it  was  decrc.  d  ;  and  he  had 
elo((uentIv  foretold  the  de]d(UMldo  conseipiences  which  w(mld 
follow  that  innovation;  but  their  warning  voice  failed  to  make 
any  impression  on  the  miiui  of  the  infatuated  i'ope. 

And,  we  children  of  (iod,  must  we  not  acknowledge  the 
hand  of  the  Lord,  in  that  blindness  of  "  the  man  of  Kin  I'' 


t,r 


Tlie  (lii»((  i»n'  iiol  liu  iiWiiv  lli.il  n  ^l\  ol  joy  will  \ie  licanl 
tiomonprnd  to  t!io  oi.lipr  oC  llm  world :  "  Ft'ar  Ood,  mid 
;.'iv(!  j;loi V  to  Iliiii  I  Ilihyli  i  i<  lallcn  !  lt.il)TloM  in  liillcn  ! 
tircniisc  she  iimdc  nil  ii.ilioii-*  (liiiil<  of  tli"  \\\nr  of  llii'  wnitU 
(d'  lici'  liii-liirutioiis." 

For,  wlicli  we  src  llhil  '  «ii  lii'd  cjiic,  w  lio  rx.illrth  liiliisidl' 
uliovc  nil  tliiil  i.<  ciilli'il  (Joil.'Me-li'dviii;;  liim«(d(  livtlio  eiLccsi 
(if  his  own  lolly  mid  irn|iii'tii's,  we  must  l)Ii':is  the  I,ord. 

Till'  piocl  iiii.'Uioii  of  this  new  do^'tiiu  is  one  of  tlio-e  ^iPit 
morn!  iniiinilii's  wliii'li  cnriy  their  piiiiisliiiirut  niid  llwir  ri'iii 
rdv  ill  thi'ir  own  hands. 

When  tlio  ropc.in  Ihf  iiioiiiiii;:  ol'  llif  sth  Di'iciiihcr,  IsM, 
nr.-worod  twii'c;  "I  do  not  know"  to  the  miestion  put  to  liiiii, 
■■  Is  the  Virjliii  Mary  Iniiiiiu'iil.itc  in  her  Conceptinii  y"  and 
ilioii,  a  niinule  alter,  to  the  >nu\i:  ipiestion,  ho  answered: 
"Yes!  1  know  it;  the  Holy  Viij^iii  Mary  was  iiiiinaeiilate  in 
her  Coiieeption,"  he  proved  to  his  most  ereihilnus  dupes  tliat 
he  was  iiothini;  hut  R  iiiiserahle  ^aerileeioiis  comedian.  Ilow 
would  a  .jury  of  liouot  men  deal  with  a  witness  who,  beiiif; 
iiiterr.if;:\t.'d  ahoiil  wli.it  he  Unovvs  of  a  certain  fact,  would 
.ili,*\ver,  "  I  liiiow  nothing  ahout  it  ;''  and  a  moment  at'tor  would 
aeknowled^e  tli.it  "  he  kiiow.s  eveiythin;.'  about  it."  Wouhl 
not  fiuh  a  wilne.:.-,  be  jujtiy  piinislied  BS  a  perjurer '.• 

Sueh  is  the  sad  and  unenviable  po-ition  wliieh  the  I'ope  lins 
made  to  liiin«e!f  and  to  his  elinreh,  the  8tli  of  Deeeinber,  IR!i4. 
Inlerropated  by  the  nations  of  Kiiro|ie  about  what  wa«  to  be 
believed  on  the  "  eoneeption  o(  the  Vii;;in  Mary,"  the  ehurch 
id'  Koine,  diiriii;;'  ten  lentiiriea,  had  answered:  "I  do  not 
know."  And  let  iMery  one  nnieiiiber  that  iihe  want.s  to  bo 
bidieved  "  i.NKAi.i.iiii.i; "  when  ^he  <ays  she  "knows  iiothinii 
abiiiit  the  Iininaeiihile  (,'onreption." 

But,  to-day,  that  same  i  liuridi  asr-ure:)  n-.,  lhrou;.;li  the  infal- 
lible deereo  of  I'ii.s  IX,  that  she  knows,  and  she  has  aliciiij.s 
known  and  believed  the  \'ir,L;iii  Mary  was  Iminaculate  ! 

lla.s  the  world  ever  seen  ^'uli  :i  \v:iiil  of  S'df res|ieet,  ^ueh 
an  nnblushin;.;  iin|iudenee  ! 

What  veidiit  will  the  Christian  world  ^ive  ii'iaiih-t  that 
ureal  mother  of  lies  ?  'What  pimislinieiit  will  the  'iod  of 
truth  administer  to  that  ^M'eat  .■ulpiit  who  swear.-i  "  ves"  and 
"  no  "  on  the  same  i'aoi  'f 

It  is  a  fael  that  by  the  promulgation  of  thi.s  deiree,  Vius  IX 
ha.-  forever  destroyed  his  prestige  in  the  minds  of  millions  of 
hi.s  followers. 

A  U:w  davs  lifter  I  hud  re:id    to  niv  eon'.;ri'2atiQii  the  deeree 


Ill  joy    will    be  lii'aiil 

(1 :     "  Ft'ar  Ooi),  niu) 

It.ibTlon    is   t'lilli'ii  ! 

\i"  w  iiic  of  llic  « riitli 

will)  cx.illrtli    liiliiscll' 
lilll«('l(    liv  tlio  CiCl'HI 
ili':<s  till'  Iioril. 
is  (ilic  of  l.li(i-o  ^idit, 
incut  mill   llii'ii'  rt'iii 

sill  Di'i'ciiilici-,  Is")  I, 
i|urstion  put  to  liiiii, 
er  Coiicoptinii  y"  ami 
'stion,  lio  aiisttcroil  : 
y  wiiTi  imiiini,'uli\ti'  in 
(•roiliiloii<  iliipos  tlnit 
Till  COlllKlilUl.  Hoiv 
I  witness    wlin,  boiii;; 

I  ici'taiii  I'lict,  would 
ii  niouient  af'ior  would 
;_'  about  it."  U'oulil 
ii  peijuier  '.• 

II  wliicb  tlip  I'ope  liiij> 
li  ol  ncccmbcr,  I  Sft'l. 
bout  wliiit  wa"  to  bp 
;iii  Mary,"  tlio  cIiuitIi 
iiswiTcil :  "  I    do    not 

tinit  (ilic  wants  to  be 
sIk'  "  knows    nothiii;^ 

II'-,  throu;.;li  tlic  int'al- 
(3,  and  she  lias  alu-nijn 
s  Iininaculatc  ! 
I  of  H'df  r('s|i('i't,  Mich 

iilil  '/ivc  a;.'ainst  that 
lent  will  tliL'  <iod  of 
liii  MVcar.-i  "  \  cs  "  and 

r  this  dci  ICC,  Pius  IX 
'  minds  of  iiiillioni  ol 

iijii'cgatioii  tin.'  ilcci'ec 


ol  Iho  I'opo  pioclnimiun  this  nen  dogron.  nj  ditmniiiR  nil 
Ihoso  who  would  not  believe  it,  one  of  ymoit  intelligent 
and  respectable  farmers  came  to  visit  n.  ,  and  put  to  me  the 
following,'  ipie.tions  on  the  i.ev,  articles  of  faith  : 

"  Mr.  t-'liiiiiipiv,  please  tell  I'le,  have  I  correctly  understood 
the  letter  fnun  the  I'ope  you  read  us  last  Sabbath  f  Does  the 
Pope  tell  us  in  that  letter  timt  we  can  find  this  new  doenia  ol 
the  '  Immaculate  Conception'  in  tl'.e  llidy  Scriptures,  that  il 
has  been  taut;lit  by  the  fathers,  and  that  the  Church  iins  eon 
stiintly  believed  it  from  the  days  of  the  A[)ostle3V" 

I  answered:  "  Yes,  my  fi  iciid,  the  Tofie  tells  us  all  those 
Ihiims  in  his  letter  which  I  read  iii  the  Church  last  Sabbath." 

"Hut,  sir,  will  you  be  so  Uind  as  to  read  to  me  the  veiiies 
of  the  Holy  Scriptures  wliicli  are  in  fivor  of  the  Immaculate 
Coiice|ition' of  the  Holy  Virt;in  Mary?" 

"My  dear  friend,  I  answered,  I  am  son*  ii  say  that  I  h;sve 
never  found,  in  the  Holy  Scripture,  ft  sln;;le  word  to  tell  us 
that  Mary  is  iinmaeuliite  ;  but  I  have  found  mimy  words,  and 
vcrv  clear  words,  which  say  the  very  contrary  thin;,'.  For 
instance,  the  Holy  (ilio.-t,  in  the  Kpi'stle  of  St.  Paul  to  the 
Komans,  v.  IH.  Ity  the  ojf.iiif  of  o»f,  judgment  came  upon  (/// 
men  to  eoiulemnation."  '  This  little  but  inexorable  "Ar.i. " 
includes  tlie  Virgin  Mary  in  the  eondemnatioii  and  in  the 
guilt.  In  the  same  Epistle  to  the  Romans,  chap.  Ill,  v.  '22.  2", 
Uie  H(dv  (ihost,  speaking  of  the  ehildr.^n  of  Adam— Israelites 
and  Oeiitilcs — snys  there  is  no  dill'crence,  they  have  am.  sinned^ 
and  come  short  lif  the  glory  of  (!od  !  and  in  the  verse  id  of 
ihe  same  chapter,  the  Holy  Oliost,  speaking  of  the  .lewi  and 
(ii-ntilc8,  snys;  "  There  is"iione  righteous— no,  not  one  1"  And 
the  Lord  has  never  repealed  in  any  part  that  I  know  of  the 
llolv  Scriptures,  this  awful  "  no— not  one  !" 

"'.Now,  pleu.sc  tell  me  the  name  of  the  Holy  Fiithers  who 
have  preached  that  we  must  believe  in  the  Iininacuhite  Con- 
ception, or  be  forever  damned,  if  we  do  not  believe  in  it  V  " 

I  answered  to  niy  pnrishioncr :  "  I  would  have  preferred, 
my  dear  fficnd,  that  you  should  have  never  come  to  put  to 
me  tlic-e  ipiestioin  ;  tint  as  you  ask  me  for  the  truth,  I  must 
fell  voii  the  truth.  1  have  studied  the  fatliers  witli  it  pretty 
gooii  attention,  but  I  have  not  yei  found  a  single  one  of  them 
who  was  of  th»t  opinion  in  any  way." 


11 


I  hope,"  added  the  good  'farmer,  "you  will  excuse  nie  if 
I  put  to  vou  another  question  on  this  subject.  Perhaps  you 
do  not  know  it,  but  there  is  a  great  deal  of  feeling  and  talking 
about  this  new  luficle  of  faith  among  ufl   since  last    Sabbath  ; 


t  wiiiil  to  know  ii  liulu  iiKii'c  alioul  it.  Tlio  Pope  siiys  in  lii* 
lottnr  Hint  tlio  Church  ol'  Homo  has  ahviiva  bcHcvod  and  tauglil 
lliRt  dogma  of  the  iinnmruhito  conceptidn.     Is  tliat  correct  ?" 

"Yes,  inv  friend,  the  Tope  says  tliat  in  his  Encyclical  ;  but 
these  last  nine  hundred  years  more  tlian  one  hundred  I'opes 
have  declared  that  the  Church  had  never  believed  it.  Even 
Beveral  Topes  have  forliidden  to  say  '  that  the  imniacuhite 
conception  was  an  article  of  faith  ' — and  they  solemnly  per- 
mitted to  believe  and  say  what  we  please  on  that  matter." 

"If  it  lie  so  witli  this  new  dogma,  how  can  we  know  that 
it  was  not  FO  witli  the  other  dogmas  of  our  Clnirch,  as  the 
confession,  the  |)urgatory,"  (ic,  added  the  good  farmer. 

"  .My  dear  friend,  do  not  allow  the  devil  to  shake  your  faith. 
We  are  living  in  bad  da.\s  indeed.  Let  us  pray  God  to  en- 
lighten and  save  us.  I  would  have  given  much  had  yon  never 
put  to  me  these  (juestions. 

My  honest  parishioner  had  left  me  ;  but  his  awful  questions, 
(thcv  were  really  awful,  as  thev  are  still  awfid  for  a  priest  of 
Rome,)  and  the  answers  I  had  been  forced  to  give,  were  somiil- 
ing  in  my  soul  as  thumler-claps.  There  was  in  luy  poor 
tremblinghearl,  as  the  awful  noise  of  an  irresistable  storm, 
wliich  was  to  destroy  all  that  I  had  so  dearly  cherished  and 
respected  in  my  then  so  dear  atid  venerated  Church  of  Rome. 
My  head  was  aching.  1  fell  on  my  knees;  but  fc,  a  time  I 
could  imt  utter  a  word  of  prayer:  big  tears  were  rolling  on 
my  burniug  eheeHs;  new  light  was  coming  before  the  eyes 
of  my  soul ;  but  I  took  it  for  the  decoiU'ul  temptation  of 
Satan  ;  a  voice  was  speaking  to  me  ;  it  was  the  voice  of  my 
God  telling  me,  "  Come  out  from  liabylnn  '.  come  out  from 
liabylon  !"  But  I  took  that  voice  for  the  voice  of  Satan  ;  1 
was  trying  to  silence  it.  The  Lord  was  then  drawing  nu' 
away  from  my  perisliing  ways  ;  but  I  did  not  know  him  tlieii  ; 
I  wiis  struggling  against  Him  to  remain  in  the  dark  dungeons 
of  error.  lUit  God  was  to  be  the  stronger.  In  his  inlinite 
niercv  lie  was  to  overpower  His  unfaithful  servant.  He  was 
to  ciinrjuer  me,  and  witli  me  many  otlu'rs. 

May  all  the  nations  bless  and  jirui.-e  .I'm  for  His  mercies! 

\ot  long  after  that,  in  a  single  day,  more  than  one  thou- 
sand of  my  dear  cnuntrynuMi  broke  with  me  the  chains  of  tlie 
spiritual  and  abject  slavery  which  had  Ijound  us  to  the  feet  of 
Ihemait  of  sin  ;  and  we  took  .Icsus,  tlie  et('rnal  Son  of  God, 
for  our  oiilv  way,  onr  only  light,  onr  oidy  life  ! 

(".   CniMoi  T. 


The  Pope  sn}-,-.  in  lii.< 
lys  l)(;licvo<l  and  tiiuglit 
1(111,     Is  tlint  corrnct  ?" 

ill  his  Encyclical  ;  but 
ail  011(1  hundred  I'opos 
vcr  believed  it.  Even 
'  that  the  imniacuhite 
mil  they  solemnly  per- 
•0  on  that  matter." 
low  can  we  know  that 
of  our  Chnreh,  as  the 
he  good  farmer. 
;vil  to  shake  your  f^iitli. 
iCt  us  pray  fiod  to  en- 
Ml  niueh  had  vou  never 


lUt  his  awful  questions, 
1  awful  for  a  priest  of 
ed  to  give,  were  sound- 
liere  was  in  my  pour 
'  an  irrcsistable  storm, 
)  dearly  clierished  and 
•atcd  Ciiurch  of  Kome. 
:nocs-,  but  fci  a  time  I 

tears  were  rolling  on 
oming  liefore  the  eyes 
'ceitful  temptati<iii  of 
it  was  the  voice  of  my 
lylon  !  come   out  from 

the  voice  of  Satan  ;  I 
was  then  drawing  me 
id  not  know  him  then  ; 
1  in  the  dark  dungeons 
onger.  In  his  iiilinite 
hful  servant.     He   was 

M'S. 

,I'm  for  His  mercies  ! 
more  than  one  thoii- 
li  me  the  chains  of  the 
liuuiid  us  to  the  feet  of 
le  eternal  Son  of  (lod, 
nly  life! 

(".    CllIMlJlT. 


